Graduate Institute of Linguistics Ph.D Program Course Map
Doctoral Candidate
Qualifying Exam
Graduate degree：30 credits
Required credits (6 credits)
Fulfill 30 credits and
score at least 80 for
each course
Qualifying
Exam
Foundations of
Linguistic Theory
Data collection
Methods
Doctoral Dissertation
Before qualifying exam:
acceptance of two reviewed
articles
research
proposal
defense
Students should take at least one course each from four areas
and choose one major area (at least 9 credits) and one minor
area (at least 6 credits) from among the following five areas.
Elective credits（24 credits）
Students can take courses from other departments or institution
with the approval of the supervisor.
Phonology and
Syntax and
Pragmatics and
Languages and
Phonetics
Semantics
Sociolinguistics
Cognition
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Course area
Courses
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Foundations of Linguistic Theory
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Data collection Methods
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Phonetics (I) (II)
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Phonology (I). (II)
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Phonetics Lab (I) (II)
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Mandarin Phonetics
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Tonal Analysis
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Sign Language: Phonology and Morphology
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Seminar on Sign Language Phonology
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Advanced Phonology Seminar
First area:
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Phonology Seminar: Syllable Structure
Phonology and Phonetics
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Seminar on Phonology Acquisition (I) (II)
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Phonology Seminar
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Seminar on Laboratory Phonology
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Phonology and the Lexicon
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Phonology Seminar: Markedness and Frequency
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Advanced Phonetics
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Advanced Laboratory Phonology
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Phonology Seminar: Phonology and Phonetics
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Phonology Seminar: Prosody
Required courses
Computational
Linguistics and
Corpus Linguistics
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Linguistic Structure of Southern Min: Phonetics and Phonology
Mandarin and English Phonetics
The Phonetics of Spoken and Signed Languages
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Semantics
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Semantics (I)(II)
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Formal Semantics 2.5
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Syntax (II)
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Morphology
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Experimental Syntax 2.4
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Chinese Grammar
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Chinese Grammar (I)(II)
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Verbs and Cognition 2.4
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Lexical-Functional Grammar
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Lexical Semantics
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Verbal Semantics
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Syntax and Semantics in Formosan Languages (I) (II)
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Lexicon and Syntax of Taiwan Sign Language
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Seminar on Taiwan Sign Language Syntax
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Semantics and Syntax of Taiwan Sign Language
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Seminar on classifiers in Spoken and Signed Languages
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Conceptual Structure and Grammar 2.3.4
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Taiwan Sign Language Grammar
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Advanced Syntax
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Seminar on Syntax
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Topics on Syntax-Semantics Interface
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Seminar on Semantics
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Seminar on Syntax: Coordination
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Cognition-based Chinese Grammar (I)(II)2.4
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Issues in Minimalist Syntax
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The Syntax of Complex Predicate Constructions
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Role and Reference Grammar
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Cognition-based English Grammar 2.4
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Cognition-based Taiwan Sign Language Grammar 2.4
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Seminar on Pragmatics :2,3
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Austronesian Linguistics 2,3
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Taiwan Sign Language Semantics
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Advanced Seminar on Semantics
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Comparative Syntax
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Linguistic Structure of Southern Min: Syntax and Semantics
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Sign Language: Phonology and Morphology
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Pragmatics
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Sociolinguistics
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Discourse Analysis
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Second area:
Syntax and Semantics
Third area:
Pragmatics and Sociolinguistics
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Language Variation and Change
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Gesture, Facial Expression and Communication 3.4
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Conceptual Structure and Grammar 2.3.4
Seminar on Pragmatics 2,3
Language and Culture of Deaf
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Introduction to Sign Language Research 3,4
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Austronesian Linguistics 2,3
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Seminar on Sociolinguistics
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Applied Linguistics 3,4
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Gesture, Facial Expression and Communication 3.4
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Experimental Syntax 2.4
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Verbs and Cognition 2.4
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Psycholinguistics
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Advanced Psycholinguistics
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Cognitive Linguistics
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Language and Cognition
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Categorization and Cognition
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Categorization and Cognition (I)(II)
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Conceptual Structure and Grammar 2.3.4
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Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition(I) (II)
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Comparative Study of Sign Languages (I)(II)
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Visual Linguistics
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Cognitive Linguistics Seminar: Metaphor Language Evolution
Fourth area:
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Linguistic Theory and Sign Language Typology
Language and Cognition
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Competence and Performance
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Cognition-based Chinese Grammar (I)、(II)2.4
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Psycholinguistics Seminar
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Seminar on Sign Linguistics (I)
Cognition-based English Grammar 2.4
Cognition-based Taiwan Sign Language Grammar 2.4
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Introduction to Neurolinguistics
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Clinical Linguistics
Language Universality and Innateness
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Introduction to Sign Language Research 3,4
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Language Acquisition, Development and Attrition 3,4
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Language and Aging: Comprehension and Production
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Introduction to Metaphor
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Applied Linguistics 3,4
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Cognitive Neurology and Language Learning
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Formal Semantics 2.5
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Computational Linguistics
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Computational Linguistics （II）
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Corpus Linguistics
Fifth area:
Computational and Corpus
Linguistics
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Mathematical Linguistics: Connectionism
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Mathematical Linguistics (II)
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Child Language Corpus（I）
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Child Language Corpus（II）
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Mathematical Linguistics
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Fundamental Issues in Linguistics
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Field Method
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Field Method: Thao Studies
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Field Method: Paiwan Studies
Area to be determined by the 

instructor
Miscellaneous
Introduction to Formosan Languages
Seminar on Taiwan Sign Language
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Introduction to Sign Language Research
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Seminar on Child Language Acquisition
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Introduction to Child Language Acquisition
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Seminar on Formosan Languages
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Statistics in Linguistic Studies

Advanced Statistics